garrett1221
Member
I have a "grow tent" that is 40x40 inches and 78 inches tall. What kind of lighting would be best for 4 plants?
LEDs are quite expensive...If you have money to burn, then sure, give it a shot I guess...
Which is why you replace the bulbs every 2-3 grows. Kinda part of the game.
But as I said, if you have money to burn, grab some LED's, and some CMH's and whatever else you can afford.
All i'm saying is, I don't know ANY beginner grower who's going to go out and buy a COMPLETE LED grow light system thats ANYWHERE as effective as buying the light I linked to and replacing the bulb once a year.
Not to mention, LEDs are mostly used to supplement certain spectrum's while an HID is on...
Pitch LED's all you want, but HID's are still the standard all around.
For the newbie, HID is High Intensity Discharge. Like HPS and MH (High Pressure Sodium, and Metal Halide). Metal Halide is used in veg, and HPS is used in Flower due to the Blue and Red spectrum they emit respectively.
Yeah, even CFL's can work. I vegged the plants in my sig with 17x 26W CFL's, @4x 5000°K and 13x 6500°K. Worked wonderfully. But I also used 4 reflectors. Either way, HID's are still more power efficient. 400W's can get you a lot more light from an HID then from CFL's, trust me.I was running over 450W's of CFL's for 1/3 less light output.